Alonzo Dillard FOLGER

(1888-1941)

FOLGER, Alonzo Dillard,
(brother of John Hamlin Folger), a Representative from North
Carolina; born in Dobson, Surry County, N.C., July 9, 1888;
attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1912 and from its law department
in 1914; was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced practice in
Dobson, N.C.; moved to Mount Airy, N.C., and continued the practice
of law; also interested in banking; trustee of the University of
North Carolina 1932-1938; served as judge of the State superior
court in 1937, resigning after two months’ service to become
a Democratic national committeeman; member of the Democratic
National Committee 1936-1941; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from
January 3, 1939, until his death in an automobile accident in Mount
Airy, N.C., April 30, 1941; interment in Dobson Cemetery, Dobson,
N.C.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present